Poręba
Poręba is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 8,525 inhabitants. The town has the area of 40 km2. It also has a rail station on a line from Miasteczko Śląskie to Zawiercie.
- Type: Town with 8,290 residents
- Description: city and urban gmina of Poland
- Also known as: “Poreba” and “Poręba Mrzygłodzka”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wieża wyciągowa w Porębie and Saint Joseph church in Poręba.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leśniaki and Ciągowice.
Leśniaki
Village
Leśniaki is a village in the administrative district… Leśniaki is situated 4½ km northwest of Poręba.
Ciągowice
Village
Photo: Krydan, Public domain.Kądzielów
Hamlet
Kądzielów is a village in the administrative district… Kądzielów is situated 5 km southeast of Poręba.
Poręba
- Categories: urban municipality of Poland and locality
- Location: Poręba, Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.48758° or 50° 29′ 15″ north
Longitude
19.33788° or 19° 20′ 16″ east
Population
8,290
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PL PRB
Open location code
9F2XF8QQ+25
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Poręba” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Poręba”
- Belarusian: “Парэмба”
- Bulgarian: “Поремба”
- Catalan: “Poręba”
- Cebuano: “Poręba”
- Chechen: “Поремба”
- Chinese: “波伦巴”
- Chinese: “波倫巴”
- Czech: “Poręba”
- Danish: “Poręba”
- Dutch: “Poręba”
- Esperanto: “Poręba”
- Estonian: “Poręba”
- French: “Poręba”
- German: “Poręba”
- German: “Poremba”
- Italian: “Poręba”
- Italian: “Poremba”
- Javanese: “Poręba”
- Latvian: “Poręba”
- Latvian: “Poremba”
- Lower Sorbian: “Poręba”
- Malay: “Poręba”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Poręba”
- Persian: “پورنبا”
- Polish: “Poręba”
- Portuguese: “Poręba”
- Portuguese: “Poremba”
- Romanian: “Poręba”
- Romanian: “Poremba”
- Russian: “Поремба”
- Serbian: “Поренба”
- Silesian: “Porymba”
- Slovak: “Poręba”
- South Azerbaijani: “پورنبا”
- Tatar: “Поремба”
- Turkish: “Poręba”
- Ukrainian: “Поремба”
- Vietnamese: “Poręba”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poręba”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Osiedle Słowackiego and Dziechciarze.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Posterunek Policji w Porębie and Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna w Porębie.
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Worth a closer look: Katowice and Częstochowa.
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